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Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier, and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters who resisted the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Free State of Jones is a 2016 American historical war film inspired by the life of Southern Unionist Newton Knight, who led a successful armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, throughout the American Civil War.
Rachel Knight (1840 - February 11, 1889) was the African-American common-law wife to Newton Knight (1829-1922). In 1881 she was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . She was depicted by Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Gary Ross ' 2016 feature film Free State of Jones .
Carroll Gartin, lieutenant governor of Mississippi; Newton Knight, farmer and opponent of secession and slavery, a Confederate deserter who led a guerrilla rebellion against local Confederate officials as the leader of the Knight Company and Jones County Scouts; he was a US Marshal and a leading Republican figure in the Reconstruction of ...
Mississippi State has lost six of its past eight games, Oregon has dropped five of its past six and Baylor has fallen in three of its past five. No. 10 seeds. West Virginia (15-9, 6-7 Big 12)
Newt Knight (1837–1922), Unionist leader (Jones County) ... Nan Kelley (born c. 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown hostess (Hattiesburg)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Panama on Saturday for his first trip as the United States’ top diplomat that will test if his diplomacy can build on President Donald Trump’s ...
The U.S. is in peak flu season, as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says "seasonal influenza activity remains elevated and continues to increase across the country." Case counts vary by state ...